The day has come!

My niece is now six years old and for the last three years of her life we have been convincing her that if she would stop sucking her thumb she could have her ears pierced. You would think that this would be an easy task. However, Daisy and her thumb have a very special connection that could not be broken. Ever since she started school she has started to peter out the thumb sucking. She would tell us that at school as they were reading stories she would want to suck her thumb, "but I just kept it in my mind." We were very proud of her for being conscious of this habit that we so very much wanted her to kick. As I was preparing to get married I tried to get her to stop so that she could wear pretty earrings with a matching necklace and be a part of my line. That still didn't work. But now the day has come that on her own..... THE THUMB SUCKING HAS STOPPED!! I was sitting at my mother-in-law's house and I had Daisy with me. She looked at me and said, "On Friday I am getting my ears pierced at the mall." And being myself I didn't believe her. I teased with her a little, but then when I got back to my sister's she asked Daisy if she had told me the good news. I asked Natasha if I could come along for this very exciting event!! I was so excited that you would have thought that I was the one getting my ears pierced. So I took many pictures of this very brave girl!! Daisy we are so proud!!

Waiting in The Hot Seat

Drawing on the dots

Dots in place!

Ready one, two, three

All finished

Pain settling in

Brother so happy to watch

Proud of my girl!!

Another happy brother

Rian had a state competition that he attended for most of Friday. After watching Daisy get her ears pierced we drove up to Salt Lake to the Awards Ceremony... Unfortunately we didn't come home with any medals.. But we still had fun!!